Chapter Two, The Observation Post, Chapter Three, The Road to Paris,Chapter Four, How They Were Organized, Chapter Five, The Observation Post Summary

Berlin is back at the observation post, a tower with the South China Sea at his back and his face toward the Quang Ngai province. Berlin is on watch in the night and wonders about the immense powers of his own imagination. The rest of the squad is asleep. He wonders what part of the pursuit of Cacciato was real. How did the pursuit end? Doc had said the best way to know the truth was to think through the facts carefully, and Berlin is attempting to do that. Doc says that Berlin suffers from an excess of bile. Berlin concentrates as he is on...